Straw-carrier



(No Model.)

JRIDENOUR.

STRAW CARRIER.

Patented May 29,1883.

WITNESSES L 4 INVENTOR' tiorney N. PETERS, PhnlbLhhognphnn Wazhinglvn. D. c

IUNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

. lln v t 7 JOHN RIDENQUR, OF MOUNT VERNON, INDIANA.

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SPECIFICATION forming part. of Letters Patent No. 278,457, dated May 29, 1.883,

r Application filed March 1883.' (No model.)

. To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, J'QHN RIDENOUR, acitizen of the United States, residing at Mount Vernon, in the county of losey and State of Indiana, have invented certain new and usefnl Improvements in Straw-Carriers, of which the following is a specification, reference being, had therein to the accompanying drawings.

My invention relates to improvements in straw carriers, andhasforits object the saving of grain which may be in the straw while being carried to the straw-stack. This object isattained by the mechanism illustrated in the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specificatiomin which-- Figure lis a transverse section on the line w w of Fig. 2. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal vertical section, and Fig. 3 aplan view. I

The letter A represents the sides of an inclined case, and B the top thereof, having two I slightlyelevated ridges).

G is the bottom.

. G is a receptacle for the drawer H.

E are inclined slats having open spaces between them forthe passage of thegrain, and areplaced transversely near the lower end of the case. I

F are inclined transverse slats near the upper end of the case, and D are transverse slats placed over the receptacle G, slightly elevated above the bottom G of the case. i

The dotted lines indicate the carrier, of the usual form, composed of two or more narrow belts having transverse tached to them.

As the straw is discharged from the thrasher onto the'lower part of the case, any loose grain contained therein will fall through the open spaces between the slats E, or through the spaces betweenthe slats F, and thence down theinclinedrbottom G, between the slats D, into the drawer H, which may be removed from battens or slats attime to time and emptied, the straw being carried by the belts and battens over the upper end of the case to the straw-stack. The belts move in the direction of the arrow. The bars D are slightly elevated above the surface of the bottom G, in order that any bunches of straw containing grain that may go over with the belt may be struck and agitated by the bars D, and the grain be separated therefrom and fall through the openings between the bars into the drawer H below, as the sagging of the belt will cause the slats thereof to approach very nearly. or even touch, the

rounded upper surface of the bars D, and cause a jarring motion to be imparted to the belt and have a tendency to shake out and to separate the grain and straw from each other. The

ridges O, by lifting the battens and belt a littleabove the surface of the top of the case B; will not only cause the grain and straw to be separated more easily, the grain escaping down the floor B under the battens or slats, but also reduce the friction and the wear and tear of the belt.

Having described my invention, what I desire to secure by Letters Patent and to claim 1. The'combination of the endless carrier,

the side bars, A, the floor B, the slats -E F, the bottom G, the transverse bars D, having rounded upperfaces projecting above the plane of the bottom G, and the receptacle G, sub

stantially as set forth.

.2. The combination of the endless slatted carrier, the side bars, A, the floor B, the slats EF, the ridges O, the bottom G, and the receptacle G, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I affix mysignature in presence of two witnesses.

JOHN RIDENOUR.

Witnesses:

J. B. TATE, MARK T. LEONARD. 

